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Rep. David Jenkins presents substitute to fix Georgia transfer-on-death deeds
Summary
The Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs committee heard a substitute for House Bill 413 to clarify how transfer-on-death deeds operate — addressing affidavit acceptance, tax-form timing and unintended loss of homestead exemptions — and voted unanimously to pass it to the Senate floor.
Representative David Jenkins presented a substitute for House Bill 413 to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs during a late-night session, saying the measure refines a 2024 law on transfer-on-death deeds and fixes problems that have emerged in practice.
LaShay Calloway, an attorney with Calloway Law and member of the Georgia Real Estate Closing Attorneys Association, told the committee the deed allows property owners to name beneficiaries who can accept title after the owner dies without going through probate. "The transfer on death deed is a deed that allows people to transfer their property by signing a…
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